The Big Picture

Christy Setzer, New Heights Communications & Gianno Caldwell, Caldwell Srategic Consulting & Bryan Pruitt, RedState joins Thom. In the wake of the Charleston terrorist attack - many Republicans have bowed to public pressure and switched positions on flying the Confederate battle flag. Will they do the same on gun control?

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Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear joins Thom. The worst nuclear accident in recent history wasn’t unexpected - that’s according to an internal document recovered from Tokyo Electric Power - also known as Tepco. Tepco originally claimed that it had done everything possible to protect the nuclear power plant at Fukushima. But we now know that Tepco executives had discussed the need to build up coastal defenses back in 2008 - two and a half years before the tsunami hit Fukushima and caused a triple meltdown.

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Conservatives will slander someone as "unpatriotic" if they talk like a communist. But why don't they do the same when someone talks like a racist?

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Tonight’s Politics Panel discusses the passing of fast track (TPA), the endorsement of Bernie Sanders by the Ready for Warren group, and whether the confederate flag will become a relic. Thom talks the latest financial news out of Greece with economist Richard Wolff and in tonight’s Daily Take Thom discusses why racism is never condemned as unpatriotic?

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Joe Madison, The Joe Madison Show/SiriusXM Urban View joins Thom. Joe Madison was the first talk radio host to do his show from Cuba. He explains what he learned from Cuba.

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Joe Madison, The Joe Madison Show/SiriusXM Urban View joins Thom. Dylann Storm Roof told investigators that he wanted to start a race war. So why won't the FBI be investigating this as an act of terrorism?

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Ari Rabin-Havt, The Agenda/Sirius XM Progress joins Thom. The Transpacific Partnership is facing it's final hurdle in Congress. Will the Senate vote in favor of Democracy - or their corporate donors?

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New research shows that life on Earth may be going the way of the dinosaurs. But it's not because of an asteroid - it's because of greed. Could last week's papal encyclical hold the key to saving the planet?

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Tara Houska, Tribal Rights Attorney/Not Your Mascots, joins Thom. When back in December President Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act - or NDAA - the media here in DC mostly focused on how that act restricted the transfer of Guantanamo detainees and providing funding for Syrian rebels. But out in Arizona - members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe were paying close attention to the NDAA as well. That's because of a small rider attached to it known as the "The Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013" Also known as Section 3003 - this rider was supported by Arizona Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake and gave a foreign company permission to build a copper mine in Oak Flat - a part of Tonto National Forest that the Apache hold sacred. Ever since this deal was signed into law - the San Carlos Apache have fought hard to take back their sacred land. It's been a tough battle - but now they're getting some help from Congress. Last week - Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva introduced a bill that would repeal Section 3003 of the NDAA - and give Oak Flat back to the San Carlos Apache.

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